China's Construction of “The Belt and Road”and Stakeholder Countries in the Middle East

Gao Shangtao

Abstract: This paper, using the stakeholder theory, proposes a framework for empirical analysis of the issues concerning how to build “The Belt and Road”in the Arab Middle East. It is argued that China should take Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt and other important supportive stakeholders as strategic strongholds and regional fulcrum to coordinate its national development strategies and dock the “The Belt and Road”initiatives. Then China should gradually spread the initiatives from these strategic pivotal countries to their neighboring countries until the final completion of the construction of the “One Belt and One Road”economic zone.

Keywords: The Belt and Road, Stakeholder, Arab countries, Strategic strongholds